Reviews - Young Adult / New Adult

Shrapnel
Stephanie
Lawton

“We carry secrets under our skin like shrapnel.”  Dylanie (Dylan) Reid is a 16 year-old girl, and if that doesn’t give her enough problems to deal with, she can also see and talk to ghosts.  Dylan has agreed to spend a weekend being filmed at creepy Oakleigh Mansion for the tel

Darien is the newly appointed leader of the Oceina, or water dragons.  He has a new wife, a new baby on the way, and he’s still trying to learn all the facets of his new position.  He is also one of the Touched, which means his magic is much stronger than other dragons.  The leader of the Inero, (fire

Sway
Jennifer
Gibson

Jessie is new to Beaverville High School.  It is hard making few friends and being deaf doesn’t help - she is an easy target for teasing.  Some of her teachers don’t make things any easier for her with her hearing problems and that only increases Jessie’s tension.  The final straw comes when none of her invited guests show up for her birthday party.  When Jessie and her classmates begin to take

Play With Me
Anna
Katmore

Liza Matthews has been in love with Tony since kindergarten. He’s been her best friend, closest confidante and, hopefully, her future husband.  He is also a star on their high school soccer team and has been gone for the summer at training camp.  Liza can’t wait to see him again and happily  jumps into his arms upon his return and together, they head to the soccer field.

Julian
Anna
Katmore

Jona is perfectly aware that she shouldn’t have done it. After all, stealing a sweater (with her record) is not the best decision she made. Still, she couldn’t have dreamed that her punishment would be so severe. Spending time with the mother who abandoned her? No way. But, she doesn’t have a choice.  What she does have is a plan. It’s a simple plan, really – run away as soon as possible.

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